diff --git a/bsd-user/elfload.c b/bsd-user/elfload.c
index de7b4de..ed25e85 100644
--- a/bsd-user/elfload.c
+++ b/bsd-user/elfload.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm * bprm, struct target_pt_regs * regs,
         }
 
         if (interp_elf_ex.e_ident[0] != 0x7f ||
-                strncmp(&interp_elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF",3) != 0) {
+                strncmp((char *)&interp_elf_ex.e_ident[1], "ELF",3) != 0) {
             interpreter_type &= ~INTERPRETER_ELF;
         }
 
diff --git a/bsd-user/uaccess.c b/bsd-user/uaccess.c
index 9ec1b23..677f19c 100644
--- a/bsd-user/uaccess.c
+++ b/bsd-user/uaccess.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ abi_long target_strlen(abi_ulong guest_addr1)
         ptr = lock_user(VERIFY_READ, guest_addr, max_len, 1);
         if (!ptr)
             return -TARGET_EFAULT;
-        len = qemu_strnlen(ptr, max_len);
+        len = qemu_strnlen((char *)ptr, max_len);
         unlock_user(ptr, guest_addr, 0);
         guest_addr += len;
         /* we don't allow wrapping or integer overflow */